3438 



The Zoologist — March, 1873. 



Owner of nest. 



Date. 



No. of 



eggs 



in 



nest. 



Markings, 



Size in 

 millemetres. 



Remarks. 



54 



65 ,) ti 



66 „ 



67 „ „ 

 68 



69 



60 „ „ 



61 I) II 



62 Alauda cristata 



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65 



.. 1 21, 10 



.. 1 22, 10, 



.. 1 21, 16 



.. 1 22, 16, 



.. 1 21, 16 



.. 1 21, 10, 



.. 1 24, 10, 



.. 1 22, ir 



.. 1 22, 16, 



.. 1 22, 16, 



.. u|22, 16, 



. . I ^ I 23, 17 



.. 1 20„10 



.. 1 24, 10, 



.. 1 23, 16 



June 10 5 Varying 1 24, 17 



.. 1 20„,15. - 



.. 1 21J, 10 

 .. 1 22, 17 



Like S. cinerea. 

 Like S. bortensis. 



Like S. cinerea. 

 Like S. hortensis. 



11 II 



Like S. cinerea. 

 Like S. hortensis. 

 Very like M. alba. 

 [Both like S. cinerea, 

 •I but diflfering from one 

 ( another. 

 Like S. cinerea. 

 f Somewhat like C. arun- 

 \ diuacea. 

 Like M. alba. 

 ' Unlike the eggs of this 

 clutch, but very like 

 the normal eggs of 

 M. alba, 

 iiike M. alba. 



II II 

 Like C. arundinacea. 

 Like M. alba. 



Like S. cinere^. 

 'Like S. cinerea, but 

 diflfering widely from 

 each other. 



Like M. alba, the 

 ground colour some- 

 what pale. 



Of pale clay-yellow 

 ground colour, with 

 many large rust- 

 yellow spots ; even 

 marked with similar 

 lines and points, and 

 with detached pale 

 violet-green spots. 



Somewhat like M. flava; 

 also reminding one of 

 very dark S. nisoria. 



Like many of C. phrag- 

 mitis. 



Dr. Rey then appends a second catalogue of cuckoos' eggs, 

 which have been collected from other places and by other people, 

 and of whose (foster) parentage trustworthy testimony is wanting to 



